Gun Violence

Summary Information

In the year 2018, 340 shootings occurred in the United States. There were 373 lives lost and 1347 injuries in total. The states where the most shootings occurred were California and Illinois. The city with the most shootings was Chicago. The link to the original source of the data can be found here.

Summary Table

State Total Killed Total Injured Total Effected
California 50 136 186
Florida 48 132 180
Illinois 21 150 171
Pennsylvania 35 63 98
Texas 29 62 91
Tennessee 19 68 87
Alabama 12 55 67
Louisiana 15 50 65
Missouri 12 52 64
Ohio 13 46 59
New Jersey 4 54 58
New York 5 53 58
North Carolina 14 37 51
Maryland 13 31 44
Michigan 10 28 38
Indiana 10 27 37
Colorado 9 27 36
Georgia 3 33 36
Kentucky 7 25 32
District of Columbia 2 23 25
Arkansas 7 17 24
South Carolina 5 19 24
Oklahoma 2 19 21
Virginia 2 17 19
Mississippi 1 17 18
Nevada 3 15 18
Nebraska 1 16 17
Wisconsin 1 16 17
Minnesota 1 14 15
Washington 4 9 13
Kansas 1 11 12
Arizona 4 5 9
New Mexico 5 4 9
Connecticut 0 8 8
Delaware 5 0 5
Massachusetts 0 4 4
Utah 0 4 4

Insights:

  • 186 People were either killed or injured in California in 2018 due to gun violence. This is the largest amount of people effected in a single state.
  • California also had the highest number of people who were killed, with 150 lives lost due to gun violence in 2018.
  • Out of all the states that experienced gun violence, Utah and Massachusetts had the fewest number of people who were effected at only 4 individuals.

Description of a Particular Incident

On February 14, 2018, a shooting took place in Pompano Beach (Parkland) in Florida. During the shooting, 17 students, teachers, and staff were killed, and 17 more were injured. This incident, later known as the Parkland School Shooting, horrified the entire United States and sparked a giant call for gun reform. In order to commemorate this loss, TIME Magazine published a collection of photos that can be found here.

Interactive Map

This interactive map displays the location of each shooting in 2018. It showcases the density of shootings in different geographic areas across the United States. The size of each circle is dependent on the number of people who were killed in the shooting.

Insights:

  • A majority of shootings occurred in Southern states.
  • The shooting with the largest number of people killed occurred in Parkland, Florida. In this shooting, 17 people were killed and 17 more were injured.

A Plot

Question:

In each state, was the number of people injured or the number of people killed larger?

Insights:

  • In every state that had a shooting with the exception of New Mexico, the number of people that were injured was higher than the number of people that were killed.
  • The most people were killed in California and the most people were injured in Illinois.